Transport noise interventions and health

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Brown, AL
Van Kamp, I
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2018
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This paper reports the final outcomes of a systematic review of literature (1980 -2014) of changes in health resulting from transport noise control measures. This was part of the evidence-base for the planned revision of the World Health Organization's Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European Region. While there are many studies of transport noise interventions which report a consequent change in emissions, or change in noise levels near sources, only a limited number have reported resultant health outcomes of receivers. These health outcomes were mostly of annoyance, with a few examining sleep disturbance, cardiovascular effects, and cognitive development in children. The majority of studies included were of road traffic noise; fewer for aircraft noise and rail traffic noise. Because of diversity in the studies, a meta-analysis of association between changes in level and changes in outcome was not feasible. However, it was possible to conclude, though within a limited evidence base, that transport noise interventions do change the health outcomes reported by those who experience the intervention, irrespective of the source type, the outcome, or the intervention type. The minimum magnitude of the change in annoyance outcomes can be predicted from the interventions using a relevant exposure-response function.

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Australian Acoustical Society Annual Conference (ACOUSTICS 2018)

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© 2018 Australian Acoustical Society. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the conference's website for access to the definitive, published version.

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Environmental management

Noise and wave pollution processes and measurement

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Brown, AL; Van Kamp, I, Transport noise interventions and health, Australian Acoustical Society Annual Conference, AAS 2018, 2019, pp. 421-426